Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Great Britain women hail ‘huge leap forward’ at 2012 test event
“To nearly take a set off the number three team in the world must not be underestimated – last year we wouldn’t have been able…
GB beach volleyball teams learn from Brazil opener
“It’s important that we remember all of the hard lessons, the tears, the knocks and the fights, because if we can learn from those we’ll…
Women’s League Cup round-up: Rachel Daly hits Aston Villa hat-trick, while Man City also win
England striker Rachel Daly scored a hat-trick as Aston Villa claimed their first victory of the season in the Women’s League Cup group stage. After…
The 420-year-search for Shakespeare’s lost play
Getty Images The First Folio established canon and is held responsible for preserving Shakespeare’s legacy (Credit: Getty Images) To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s…
Women’s Champions League: Emma Hayes says leading Chelsea to glory would be ‘fairytale’
Departing manager Emma Hayes says leading Chelsea to Women’s Champions League glory in her final season at the club would be a “fairytale”. Hayes, 47,…
Ridley Scott’s biopic is ‘an awe-inspiring achievement’
Nicholas Barber Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) With spectacular battle scenes and plenty of pithy vignettes, Ridley Scott’s latest – starring Joaquin Phoenix as the…
Pelvic pain in pregnancy leads woman to help others
BBC Sherilee Green has used her experience of pelvic pain in pregnancy to help others When fitness instructor Sherilee Green found out she was expecting…
The crispy food KFC couldn’t master
Aysha Imtiaz Features correspondent Haider Azim/Alamy Karachi’s paratha rolls are crispy and flaky (Credit: Haider Azim/Alamy) Karachi locals baulked at a mass-produced version of their…
The abandoned mansions of billionaires
Neelima Vallangi Features correspondent Neelima Vallangi (Credit: Neelima Vallangi) While most of Shekhawati’s havelis have crumbled and remain abandoned, a small window into the world…
The bloom of cancer
Amy Gigi Alexander Features correspondent Louvre Paris Riddled with cancer and close to death, Amy Gigi Alexander wrote a bucket list that would take her…